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Food and drink · Small-town market · Indiana

Pizza places in the Decatur, IN area

The pizza places in the Decatur, IN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #238 of 520 scored small-town markets
#6 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana

Listings
17
12 chain locations (71%)
Official establishments
17
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$44M
On food away from home · $3,549 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
49% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.7
71% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,650
+2.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Decatur area spend about $44M a year on food away from home, or $3,549 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 pizza places, that is $2.6M per pizza place, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

The Decatur area has 17 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 71%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 13.7 per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the Decatur area classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 729 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Decatur area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Decatur area is 52 (upper middle), #238 of 520 scored small-town markets and #6 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.

How the Decatur area compares

The same measures for Indiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pizza in Decatur, IN area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureDecatur areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.710.68.0
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.6M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)729503478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,549$3,802$4,070
Median household income$65,289$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5230

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
376
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1712 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Decatur area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.

Population and households in the Decatur area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,650+2.2% since 2020
Households
12,401
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
339 sq. mi.
People per square mile
107
Median household income
$65,289+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,576
Median home value
$178,400
Jobs located here
13,315
Daytime population
33,956Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for pizza places, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Decatur area marked.

Top small-town markets in Indiana

Small-town markets in Indiana ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bedford, IN66178.9$4M+1.2%#109 of 520
2Warsaw, IN60288.8$4.3M+0.9%#155 of 520
3Kendallville, IN58179.4$3.9M+1.0%#171 of 520
4Angola, IN57139.2$4.1M+1.0%#178 of 520
5Huntington, IN541610.4$3.4M+1.6%#222 of 520
6Decatur, IN521713.7$2.6M+2.2%#238 of 520
7Greencastle, IN512316.3$2.3M+3.2%#248 of 520
8Washington, IN512016.9$2.1M+2.5%#249 of 520
9Monticello, IN502120.5$1.7M+2.0%#260 of 520
10Crawfordsville, IN482918.6$2M+2.7%#283 of 520

Other business types in the Decatur area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Decatur, IN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pizza places in the Decatur area. 12 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Decatur, IN area spend on food away from home?

About $44M a year, or $3,549 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,401 households in the Decatur area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Decatur, IN area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Decatur area has 13.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.6M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Decatur area would have about 9, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 729 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is the Decatur, IN area growing?

Population estimates put the Decatur area at 36,650 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,401 households. Median household income in the Decatur area is $65,289, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Decatur area scores 52 for pizza places (upper middle), #238 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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